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The proper study of mankind is manifoldsSun, 03 Apr 2011 20:04:16 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on About by Leif Erikssonhttps://numberblog.wordpress.com/about/#comment-200
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:04:16 +0000#comment-200Please contact me.
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Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:09:27 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=337#comment-198Work hard!
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Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:51:03 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-175[…] up yet; this accurately represents the curvature of the manifold. (I blogged about this earlier here and the paper is […]
]]>Comment on The Custom Essay Man by Mitchell Porterhttps://numberblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-custom-essay-man/#comment-167
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:53:42 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-167“If you can’t write your own briefs in law school, you really think you’re going to be a successful lawyer?”

Look at it this way. You come from a country where English is not the main language. You go to America and struggle to get a law degree. But if you succeed, you can return to your own country, where language is no longer a problem, and you now have the added prestige of being a graduate of an American school of law.

I just wanted to say that I like this statement in your blog title, “The proper study of mankind is manifolds”. I am a graduate student in machine learning and computer vision, and one of my research projects involve manifolds. And I agree, the proper study of mankind IS manifolds 🙂

Nice blog!

PS: My sis is also at Yale

]]>Comment on The Custom Essay Man by Sarahhttps://numberblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-custom-essay-man/#comment-157
Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:14:30 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-157Honestly, it didn’t occur to me that there might be an equivalent in the sciences or engineering. But it’s not impossible.
]]>Comment on The Custom Essay Man by Igor Carronhttps://numberblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/the-custom-essay-man/#comment-149
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:49:23 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=321#comment-149Sarah,

Do you really think that somebody so unprepared for the ruthlessness of a thesis would even consider the argument that you need to actually be semi-good at what you do after getting your degree ? If these students had any ounce of good judgment, they would be making money already instead of taking a double financial hit (first the tuition and then the ‘other’ tuition) that will linger on their financial situation for a long time. But is the world really hurt when somebody receives a degree in ethics ?

I think the real question that has more long term impact stands from the shadow person’s salary. If 66K is a full time job in the humanities being a shadow student, how much would a shadow student in mathematics or engineering at the MS level be worth ? I would not be shocked to hear that there is a higher yield market in this area as well, except the subject is much more taboo: When bridges fall, people die.

Cheers,

Igor.

]]>Comment on Shape Google by Yaroslav Bulatovhttps://numberblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/shape-google/#comment-121
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:57:03 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=316#comment-121Like.com is a good example of Shape Google (actually they’ve been acquired by google recently), you can click on any pair of shoes and it finds visually similar pairs
]]>Comment on Shape Google by Igor Carronhttps://numberblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/shape-google/#comment-113
Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:35:27 +0000http://numberblog.wordpress.com/?p=316#comment-113Sarah,